Siepert v. Brewer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In any proceeding under this subtitle, the court may award costs as in other civil cases. Reasonable attorney’s fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order for fees in his own name.” Rule 131, T.R.C.P., provides: “The successful party to a suit shall recover of his adversary all costs incurred therein, except where otherwise provided.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of T. L. H.

2. “... a successful party to a lawsuit shall recover all costs incurred except where otherwise provided. Rule 141 provides that the court may, for good cause, to be stated in the record, adjudge the costs other than as provided by law or the rules. A successful party as contemplated by Rule 131 is one who obtains a judgment of a competent court vindicating a civil claim of right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scholl v. Home Owners Warranty Corp.

3. ““The court may, for good cause, to be stated on the record, adjudge the cost otherwise than as provided by law or these rules.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Neal v. Ardoin